Pregnant!?! (The Last Of Us Fanfic)

Even More Boundaries

Ellie POV

"How...how I feel?" I ask Finn.

Finn is staring at me, What do I say? Do I tell him that I'm constantly worried about him while he's out or that I'm thinking about him all the time? Do I actually like him?

"Ellie, you don't have to explain if you don't want to ," Finn starts, pulling away from me, obviously hurt.

"No, Finn!" I plead, running after him. He stops at my bed, sitting down. He stares at his feet while I sit down by him.

"I get it Ellie," He says to me, his cheeks turning a bright pink.

"Finn, you didn't let me explain...I think I may have feelings for you," I say, with every word trembling. He started overreacting even before I said anything! This is really awkward.

"Really?" Finn asks, looking up at me.

"I mean...yeah. I've only ever had these feelings when I kissed my best friend. Please don't hate me," I say, about to stand up. My cheeks are red and hot, and they're burning up by the second.

Finn grabs my hand and pulls me back down, his hand holding mine.

"Ellie, I don't hate you. When I first met you, it was hard to understand why you were so viscous. I now understand why you killed John and why you did the things you did. You did it to survive. So did Joel, he tried to protect you the best that he could. I'm so sorry for inflicting any pain on you or Joel, it was my own instinct," Finn pauses, a tear rolls down his cheek.

"My wife died a couple of weeks ago, but when she died, it didn't feel real. I told myself long ago when I lost people I loved, that I can't get too attached cause in this world, people die everyday. My own children, Aaron, I pushed him away because I didn't want to get too close in the case that he died. With little Eliza, I've practically done the same thing. I love them both, I care for them, but I just can't let myself get too close," He says to me, wiping a couple tears from his face.

"I understand completely, Finn. I grew close to Riley, my best friend, and even decided I wanted to be intimate with her. We got bit and she died. I didn't die, I'm still waiting for that day to come,"

"Don't say that, Ellie," Finn says, squeezing my hand which he is still holding.

"It's true. Any day, it could reverse itself and kill me. I can become an infected being," I say.

"I'm not entirely sure it works like that. Our doctors are studying your blood as we speak to try and figure out what make you unique, without cutting into your brain and killing you," He says.

"I was prepared to die 2 years ago, give my life for the world,"

My brain feels fuzzy as I open my eyes. Everything is kind of blurry and my whole body feels numb.

"What the hell am I wearing?" I ask.

" Just take it easy, the drugs are still wearing off," Joel says to me. We are in a car and I'm in the backseat. Wait...aren't we in Salt Lake City?

"What happened?" I ask. Joel sighs and takes a deep breath.

"We found the fireflies...turns out there's a whole lot more like you, Ellie. People who are immune- it's dozens actually. Ain't done a damn bit of good neither. They've actually st-" Joel pauses. "They've stopped looking for a cure."

I feel rage, anger, sadness, and then I don't know how I feel.

"I'm taking us home," Joel says to me. I turn and face the back of the seat, tears filling my eyes.